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"Who gets to name and frame things has the power. The names and frames that dominate a debate show who’s winning it. Using different names & frames is a way of contesting that power." The lessons of an obscurantist
@BBCr4today
discussion of
#Gaza
famine.
or how the
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It's staggering that the
@BBCNews
inc
@BBCr4today
is leading with a tennis player's visa problem when
#Kazakhstan
is in the throes of a democratic revolution, now being suppressed by Russia.
The BBC sports dept seem to have seized control of the BBC news dept. So there are other sources of information about the Russian led intervention in Kazakhstan.
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In 1996, when head of the 'Arab-Israel' desk in the Foreign Office, I wrote a speech for then Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind, a Tory. It stated that the UK's position on Palestine was premised on international law, in particular UN resolutions 242 and 338 (cont).
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I've been told from a reliable source in the FCDO that the Attorney General has written to the PM about Gaza and war crimes. This letter should be public. If you have it, leak it now. Please RT this.
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Big news from me. I'm standing for Parliament in Islington South for
@TheGreenParty
. As my friends know, I basically hate today's politics and don't believe in the current system. I'm doing this to get rid of the system of 'elective dictatorship' and replace it with bottom-up
Our candidate in Islington South & Finsbury is
@carneross
He’s worked in diplomacy and international affairs for 30+ years
He resigned from the Foreign Office over the Iraq War. He’s been calling for a ceasefire in Gaza
MRP polling puts us in 2nd in Islington South
#VoteGreen
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Foreign Office and other government lawyers should be resigning en masse. Or they are complicit in Cameron’s absurd and outrageous claims that Israel is not committing war crimes. It is beyond argument that Israel has blocked humanitarian aid - a black and white case of war
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Sunak has now put the UK into a war with Iran on Israel’s side. With no discussion, no debate. Utterly reckless and irresponsible.
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To my former colleagues in the Foreign Office - now is a good time to leak the legal advisers’ advice on IHL in
#Gaza
. As a former whistleblower, believe me that it’s better to be on the side of truth. One day you can tell your grandkids you did the right thing.
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As a former British diplomat who spent several years at the UN, I feel such shame that the UK will not vote at the Security Council for a ceasefire when civilians are being slaughtered in their thousands.
#Gaza
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It was a strange dissociative experience listening to
@amolrajan
and
@WFPChief
Cindy McCain discussing famine in
#Gaza
on
@r4Today
this morning. They did not mention the word 'Israel' once. It was all passive voice: 'aid routes are blocked', 'crossings closed', etc etc., as if
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It is a mark of how far govt (and indeed Labour party) policy has abandoned balance and international rules that you wld never hear a govt minister mention this requirement, even tho the situation in the Occupied Territories has only worsened since then, with settler violence etc
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As we could have predicted, the British government has failed the test, claiming the ICC doesn’t have jurisdiction. This is legal sophistry driven by the UK’s shameless support for Israel, whom it continues to arm. This amounts to complicity in the crimes that Israel now stands
Big test for the British government now. Will they support the ICC indictments, as they are obliged to do under the Rome Statute which the UK helped write and of course agreed. Or will they let Israel off the hook?
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I'm glad that
@TheGreenParty
, which I represent, bases its position on international law, including the requirement to respect the laws of war today in
#Gaza
whether Israel or Hamas
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An outrage. They have only sought a peaceful vote. This is abuse of human rights. By Spain.
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The Rifkind speech btw was at
@MedicalAidPal
Medical Aid for Palestinians, a great charity saving lives. My guess is that a government minister would not speak there today. Says a lot.
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Here are some sanctions that might actually make Putin pay attention unlike the laughable package so far announced. Thread.
#Ukraine
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What is the basis for
@TheGreenParty
foreign policy? It's pretty clear:
- human rights
- protection of civilians
- international law
That's why we have the positions we do, whether on
#Ukraine
,
#Gaza
or
#HongKong
. We're not driven by bias or prejudice, believe in consistent
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.
@TheGreenParty
calls for immediate ceasefire to end civilian casualties in
#Gaza
(retweeting full statement text)
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(cont.) which call for an end to the occupation of the Palestinian territories, by which we meant the West Bank (all of it, not pockets), Gaza and E Jerusalem.
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Thanks
@OwenJones84
I’m voting for Green candidate
@carneross
in Islington South.
He’s a former diplomat who resigned over the Iraq war.
He’s a man of principle, experience and wisdom.
He backs the transformative policies Britain needs. And he’s never legitimised war crimes.
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On the day scientists announce time is running out to hit 1.5, an ad in the New York Times
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If they don’t support the indictments, and of course the US won’t, they will be complicit in blowing up the international rule of law. The world is watching.
Big test for the British government now. Will they support the ICC indictments, as they are obliged to do under the Rome Statute which the UK helped write and of course agreed. Or will they let Israel off the hook?
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I’m very troubled by the use of the term “activists” here by
@BBCPaulAdams
. Those attacking aid trucks to
#Gaza
are extremists if not actual terrorists. It’s long past time to get clear about the violent ethnic cleansing perpetrated by shamelessly racist West Bank settlers.
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The EU is to discuss measures to force Israel to comply with the ICJ ruling that require it to cease operations in Rafah. What is the UK doing? Nothing.
#Gaza
.
For
@TheGreenParty
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Big test for the British government now. Will they support the ICC indictments, as they are obliged to do under the Rome Statute which the UK helped write and of course agreed. Or will they let Israel off the hook?
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In case you're wondering about my authority to make these judgements, I was head of Middle East policy at the UK Mission to the UN where I negotiated many Security Council and GA resolutions on Israel/Palestine. Before that, I was head of the Arab/Israel section in the Foreign
Foreign Office and other government lawyers should be resigning en masse. Or they are complicit in Cameron’s absurd and outrageous claims that Israel is not committing war crimes. It is beyond argument that Israel has blocked humanitarian aid - a black and white case of war
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This is by an expert panel of former judges and international legal experts who advised on the ICC case. It’s pretty compelling.
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There are few sane, judicious and informed views out there about the
#Gaza
catastrophe.
@adamshatz
in
@LRB
gives us one. Link to his excellent article below.
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Anarchism gets a 2-minute hearing on
@BBCNewsnight
this evening, and in this tweet.
“I was once a British diplomat… today I’m an anarchist” -
@carneross
with our latest
#viewsnight
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Good to see the Lib Dems join
@TheGreenParty
in demanding an arms embargo on Israel. It's a pity it took the deaths of Europeans for them to get to that decision.
Liberal Democrats have called on the government to suspend arms sales to Israel.
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Reportedly over 5000 dead, over 2000 of whom children. When bombs are raining down, it’s not enough just to call for ‘humanitarian access’. We need a
#ceasefireInGazaNOW
#Gaza
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I am glad an Arab and African country has reached the semi-final but every time I hear about it, I think of Morocco’s occupation of
#WesternSahara
, its refusal to allow self-determination and 150,000 refugees in desert camps. A terrible and neglected injustice.
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Troubled by calls for 'humanitarian pauses' in the bombardment of
#Gaza
. The large majority of the killing results from bombing, even tho the humanitarian situation is dire. 'Pauses' will only pause the killing, not stop it. Hence,
@TheGreenParty
is calling for a
#CeasefireNOW
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Evidence of complicity in war crimes in
#Gaza
, in particular deliberate starvation, by thirty British nationals, including five ministers, has been passed to
@metpoliceuk
for investigation; it's also been passed to the ICC. Bravo
@ICJPalestine
.
@TheGreenParty
has been demanding
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By failing to call for a ceasefire and by supplying weapons to Israel the UK government is complicit in the killing of civilians in
#Gaza
. We call for sanctions on Israeli leaders to force them to stop the killing. Statement from
@TheGreenParty
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Ban all Russian airlines flying into the UK, one of the world’s busiest hubs. Easy win.
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Statement in full on
#Gaza
by
@TheGreenParty
- BEGINS: As Israel appears to be on the brink of an all out assault on Rafah, despite warnings against such action by the UN, Red Crescent and others, 🧵 1/
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Watching Israel drag the US into its own wars is a masterclass in diplomatic manipulation. Israel's attack on the Iranian consulate in Syria was needlessly provocative, but its true purpose is now revealed - to force Washington into unequivocal support and commitment.
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‘Silence is complicity’ -
@TheGreenParty
calls on government and opposition to support a ceasefire in
#Gaza
full statement linked in comment
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Britain and France and indeed everyone owe
#Catalonia
for failing to support them against Franco and fascism.
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I very much supported the intervention in
#Afghanistan
- as a diplomat, I delivered the UK’s letter to the UN justifying it as self-defence - so I’m sobered by this important article by
@GeorgeMonbiot
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The ICJ is considering the South African application that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza again tomorrow. These are some of the binding provisional measures that the ICJ told Israel it must implement. I'm not going to get ahead of the court, but I think it's pretty clear
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While Starmer hedges and flip-flops,
@TheGreenParty
is super clear: no arms sales to Saudi Arabia
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Cameron said today that the UK would support an operation on Rafah if sufficient provision were made to protect civilians. This is outrageous. The UK is OBLIGED to demand that Security Council resolution 2728 be fulfilled: a permanent ceasefire. Why is the media and opposition
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A rare moment when the routine corruption of the government gets attention
Sunak is asked by
@GeorgeWParker
- why 40 out of 45 towns receiving £1bn through new "town deals" happen to have Conservative MPs
- why affluent Richmondshire (his seat) is designated as "priority 1" in the separate Levelling-up Fund while places like Barnsley are priority 2
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Threatened for years with prosecution under the Official Secrets Act, for telling the truth about the Iraq War, I feel quite cross that Williamson is going to be just let off the hook. If he were a civil servant who leaked as he did, he’d be clapped in irons in a secret trial.
Two journalists were arrested by armed police under the Official Secrets Act in Northern Ireland last year after exposing police collusion in the Loughinisland murders. But Downing Street says Gavin Williamson’s national security breach is a “closed matter”.
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Labour is running scared of
@TheGreenParty
. This is why Starmer opposes PR. Big cowardy custard.
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Set up a multinational UK/US/allies unit to pursue Kremlin-connected money and freeze it worldwide. This is hard diplomatic graft but necessary in the absence of comprehensive UN sanctions. We will need to persuade countries one by one.
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If I were Palestinian, I would feel a little bitter that it takes the killing of white Europeans by Israel for British political parties and commentators to come out for an arms embargo.
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It is really shocking and depressing that
#Blair
got a knighthood. I testified to Chilcot and Butler. I know that he lied about the war and that it was illegal. The establishment ultimately rewards and affirms its own, even the criminal.
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Independent and public audit of all foreign donations to British political parties. And while we’re at it why not ban them.
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Appointing a clapped-out, discredited former politician as Foreign Secretary shouts out that this is a government out of talent, and out of ideas. Not to mention his dodgy lobbying activities. And he's not elected. But who cares, let's give him a lordship! For
@TheGreenParty
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This is deeply disturbing. It is a dangerous lie to call solidarity protests “hate marches”. She is promoting division at the most sensitive of moments. Her instincts are repressive - and she has the power to repress.
Here is the clip.
Suella Braverman is branding all the pro-Palestinian marches as “hate marches” which have the aim, in her view, of “wiping Israel off the map”.
She includes all the tens of thousands of protestors in that statement.
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Only
@TheGreenParty
and Scots Nats are calling for a ceasefire. The point? Stop large numbers of civilians dying. Not complicated.
I can not understand the PM's position, or Keir Starmer's unwillingness to call on all parties to commit to an immediate ceasefire.
How many more children have to die?
#CeasefireNOW
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Audit all Russian held accounts and property in the UK seizing/freezing all assets that cannot be legally accounted for. Again this takes work not rhetoric.
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If you think that international humanitarian law is complicated, as Cameron claims, and that it's open to question whether Israel is committing war crimes, just read the Geneva Conventions, in particular the Fourth, article 55 - p169 of the Conventions here -
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No one talks about this and he is not asked about it (why?), but Cameron is obliged by Security Council resolution 2728, which the UK voted for, to pursue a permanent ceasefire in
#Gaza
. Instead he has said that Israel is entitled to attack Rafah if it sufficiently protects
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Unfortunate news for Labour voters. According to the FT, their economic policies and the Tories’ are basically the same. There is an alternative.
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Politicians and journalists, like
@David_Cameron
and
@amolrajan
reduce deliberately induced starvation in
#Gaza
to the question of 'how to get aid in' which sounds worthy and neutral. But by obscuring who is responsible - Israel- they are concealing what is in fact a clear-cut
It was a strange dissociative experience listening to
@amolrajan
and
@WFPChief
Cindy McCain discussing famine in
#Gaza
on
@r4Today
this morning. They did not mention the word 'Israel' once. It was all passive voice: 'aid routes are blocked', 'crossings closed', etc etc., as if
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.
@TheGreenParty
condemns Hamas’s attacks on civilians in Israel. It is unacceptable and always unjustified to target civilians, and is a grave breach of international humanitarian law. These are universal standards that we uphold in all circumstances. (cont.)
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Prohibit all transactions inc financial with any Russian state-backed entity.
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UK military collaboration with Israel: training, hosting aircraft, spy flights over
#Gaza
.
@TheGreenParty
demands that this stop: Israel is committing war crimes.
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List all individuals connected with Kremlin (not three people!), impose immediate travel ban, trace and freeze assets.
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@TheGreenParty
wholeheartedly supports
@miaamormottley
's demand to mobilise - on fairer terms - the trillions needed for the green transition and climate protection - the 'Bridgetown Initiative' -
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The differences with
@TheGreenParty
are not tiny. We have long demanded a ceasefire and argued for a political solution. We call for sanctions on Israeli leaders and say the UK is complicit in war crimes by arming Israel. We condemn Hamas and demand the release of hostages.
Differences between Cons, Lab & SNP over Gaza are tiny. A great pity the respective Whips offices couldn't put their heads together to craft a motion that all could support. Raucous squabbles and faux outrage over Commons procedure make us look like an unserious country
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My statement for
@TheGreenParty
repeating our call for an immediate arms embargo on Israel
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This is a clear, comprehensive statement on
#Gaza
and the occupied territories (including settler violence in the WB), grounded in law, by
@volker_turk
the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Read in full.
#Israel
/
#OPT
: “It is clear that status quo is untenable & we must do all we can to alleviate suffering of civilians. Member States with influence need to work harder than ever to bring the parties to a ceasefire, without further delay” –
@volker_turk
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Trace all connections between Russia companies and banks and Russian military-industrial companies. Freeze their assets when held overseas. Prohibit all transactions.
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Pretty sickmaking to hear Labour loyalists choose career over conscience, wringing their hands about civilian casualties, attacks on hospitals and refugee camps but without supporting a
#CeasefireForGaza
which is the only way to stop the killing. Silence is complicity.
#Gaza
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The Greens won 3 seats in the Greater London Assembly, third of all parties and ahead of the Lib Dems. Congratulations
@CarolineRussell
@sianberry
@ZackPolanski
@TheGreenParty
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This is
@TheGreenParty
letter to
@JamesCleverly
demanding that the government support a
#ceasefire
in
#Gaza
. Worth reading for the fullness and balance of our argument.
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28000 deaths. 137 days of bombardment. Now Labour says they support an immediate ‘humanitarian’ ceasefire in
#Gaza
, which is apparently different from an immediate ceasefire. This isn’t moral leadership or respect for the laws of war. It’s sophistry.
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Thank you
@themuslimvoteuk
for endorsing me.
TMV ENDORSEMENTS: ROUND 4 🚨
📍London
Chingford & Woodford Green:
@faizashaheen
Southgate & Wood Green: Karl Vidol
Islington South & Finsbury:
@carneross
Tottenham:
@Ditalalmolloy
The Muslim Vote is behind you 🤝
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You don't need to be an international lawyer to understand this though Cameron seems not to (tho he's obviously pretending). It's crystal clear. What on earth are the lawyers in the FCDO and Attorney General's office doing? Blocking humanitarian aid is a war crime.
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A scathing and disturbing account by
@RoryStewartUK
of contemporary politics and government which will doubtless be paid no heed either by this government or the next.
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Both Labour and Conservatives refuse to call for a ceasefire in
#Gaza
even though one child is being killed every ten minutes, over 3000 so far. Silence is complicity.
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“Democracy is indeed under threat from extremists. The problem is, they’re running the government itself” brilliant critique by
@CarolineLucas
of Sunak’s utterly hypocritical speech.
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These are just a few suggestions. There are plenty more things that can be done. Most require labour (by FCDO and Treasury primarily). Not artful portraits of the Foreign Secretary signing bits of paper.
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"The Nobel Prize was like a coronation for life, that gave him the right to do whatever he wants.” How the ghastly Abiy of
#Ethiopia
was emboldened by his peace prize, via
@derspiegel
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Africa proposes a global carbon tax. It’s the best way to limit emissions and provide the needed money for the
#climate
transition. Therefore
@TheGreenParty
supports Africa in this demand.
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Being “deeply concerned” about the imminent slaughter in Rafah doesn’t really cut it when you refuse to call for an immediate ceasefire, militarily collaborate with Israel and continue to supply it with weapons. No wonder Israel doesn’t get the message. For
@TheGreenParty
Deeply concerned about the prospect of a military offensive in Rafah – over half of Gaza’s population are sheltering in the area.
The priority must be an immediate pause in the fighting to get aid in and hostages out, then progress towards a sustainable, permanent ceasefire.
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The 25 year sentence for
@vkaramurza
is an outrage and a vicious message to other would-be dissidents. He is such a brave man. Solidarity from
@TheGreenParty
to
@ekaramurza
too.
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I will be interviewed on
@BBCRadio4
@BBCWorldatOne
about my experience as a whistleblower on Iraq and the need for the government legal advice on
#Gaza
to be made public
To my former colleagues in the Foreign Office - now is a good time to leak the legal advisers’ advice on IHL in
#Gaza
. As a former whistleblower, believe me that it’s better to be on the side of truth. One day you can tell your grandkids you did the right thing.
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A nasty, insidious and divisive line, shaming and stigmatising the homeless. She is not ‘compassionate’, far from it. Shame on her, not upon the poor who have no choice.
The British people are compassionate. We will always support those who are genuinely homeless. But we cannot allow our streets to be taken over by rows of tents occupied by people, many of them from abroad, living on the streets as a lifestyle choice. 1/4
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Twitter is the best and the worst. The global compassion for the Thai boys in one tweet. The next, video of Turkish soldiers laughing as they suffocate a Kurdish prisoner to death in a war ignored by everyone. It’s unbearable and I don’t know how to deal with it.
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Good to see the Senedd (that’s Welsh parliament to the English) follow in the footsteps of
@TheGreenParty
in calling for a
#ceasefireNOW
in
#Gaza
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In
#Gaza
, both Israel and Hamas are required by UN Security Council resolution to implement a lasting ceasefire and release the hostages. If they do not, they must face consequences. It is not acceptable for Israel to insist it can continue the war, even after a ceasefire. For
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Like the Tories, the central Labour party imposes its own ‘right-thinking’ candidates on local parties in safe seats. Non right-thinkers are purged. In
@TheGreenParty
all candidates are elected by their local parties.
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The full-length (and better) version of Accidental Anarchist is now available online for free. The story of my journey from government to something like anarchism, a journey which continues...
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There are serious questions to be asked about the Conservative party taking Kremlin-connected money. And one of those questions is whether those dodgy Russian donations are why the government’s sanctions on Putin are so feeble.
#Ukraine
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In my capacity as Green Party spokesperson, here’s a statement on the
#AUKUS
deal: “The more we see, the more troubling this deal appears. Not only have the UK, US and Australia managed to enrage a close western ally,…
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I used to walk the long corridors of the UN as a British diplomat. Today I walk them w/ the formidable representatives of
@Polisario_
led by Omeima Abdeslam (l). They are my friends who inspire me & teach me on how to fight a great battle for justice in
#WesternSahara
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Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer is demanding the UK scale up actions against the Israeli government until the killing stops. Greens are calling for an end to all arms sales to Israel, prosecutions of war criminals and targeted sanctions on Israel’s leaders. 2/
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My unexpected journey from government to
#anarchism
& its relevance today, a story also told in
@AnarchistFilm
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This is a shocking and tragic loss. I was proud to call Benjamin my friend. A great encourager of anarchist causes. His life, ideas and art are an inspiration. I’m really sad about this.
#BenjaminZephaniah
RIP.
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Israel will ignore the UN Security Council ceasefire resolution, encouraged by US talk that the resolution is 'non-binding'. I suspect that the US abstention and the Israeli reaction are purely performative, designed to let the US off the hook for its unstinting military support
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(cont.) The illegal occupation of Palestine has led to waves of violence; a just political settlement is the only answer.
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